The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - According to the California State Teachers ’ Retirement System, which manages the state ’s pension system for teachers, 3,202 California teachers retired in the second half of 2020 —a 26  p ercent increase relative to 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Districts Use State-Developed Assessments to Determine English Language Proficiency. Districts use a set of state-developed assessments —known as the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) —to determine a student ’s English proficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - State Has Supported TK Expansion Through Several Initiatives. In 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time funding to support TK expansion. These  augmentations include: Facility Support ($590   Million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - As a result, additional district enrollment is unlikely to create significant future cost pressure for the state after the phase in of TK, and could potentially reduce state costs over the long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - Increases Future State Costs? When Would State Decide How to Allocate the Funding? a Governor ’s settle ‑up proposal Yes
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor allocates this amount among three uses: ( 1)  c ontinuing to implement the state ’s plan to prefund retiree health benefits, ( 2)  r epaying a 2017 ‑ 18 l oan from the state ’s cash resources that supported a supplemental pension payment in that year, and ( 3)  a supplemental pension payment to the state ’s teacher retirement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - State Operations Reductions. The 2024 ‑25 budget package assumed that the Department of Finance would reduce state operations expenditures through two unallocated reductions across most state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature begin to consider how the state might address the budget ’s ongoing problem. For example, using some of the windfall to make supplemental pension payments would reduce the multiyear structural deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - According  to the California State Teachers ’ Retirement System, which manages the state ’s pension system for teachers, 3,202 California teachers retired in the second half of 2020 —a 26  percent increase relative to 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4951